Manhunt in Argentina: Profugos Lanatta y Schillaci

Santa Fe province

07-jan-16 to 11-jan-16

On December 28 2015, Lanatta brothers (Martin and Cristian) along Víctor Schillaci serving life for the so-called “triple murder in General Rodríguez” shocked the nation in the midst of the Christmas holidays when they escaped from a high-security prison some 250 km from Buenos Aires city.

A manhunt was launched involving Buenos Aires province police (Policia Bonaerense), the Federal Police (PFA), the Federal Intelligence Agency (AFI) and Interpol. Many confused episodes happened in the following days until they were, apparently, surrounded in central Santa Fe province some 560 km from Buenos Aires.

In an operation carried live nationwide by television channels, hundreds of security agents, including police commandos and sharpshooters from the 4 federal agencies ( PFA, Gendarmeria Nacional, Prefectura Naval, Policia Aeroportuaria ) plus the Santa Fe province police hunted down the men until they were finally recaptured near the town of Helvecia.